Report: Teen On Burglary Bond Breaks Into Home

SPRING HILL –
Natasha Raiola found herself in a familiar place on Thursday – in handcuffs, charged with breaking into a house.

Hours prior, she was standing in circuit court accepting a three-year prison sentence for her role in a May 22 home invasion that injured a 93-year-old man. Raiola, 16, was given two weeks to get her affairs in order before reporting to the Department of Corrections.

In the intervening hours, deputies say, she and a friend, Jeovani Hernandez, went three times to a Spring Hill home to settle a score. When the parents of their target wouldn’t let the pair inside, Hernandez, 18, reportedly kicked in the door and tried to force his way inside.

A deputy went to the home on the 7200 block of Terrytown Drive and noted the shoeprint on the door appeared to match a Converse sneaker. His investigation led them to the suspects’ home, 8377 Falmouth Court, where both admitted to the attempted break-in, according to an affidavit.

Both were charged with burglary of a structure.

Raiola was previously charged in connection with a home invasion last May on Lodge Circle. The other suspect in that case, David Barnes, held a gun to the elderly victim’s head while Raiola grabbed $300 in cash and a cell phone. The two fled in the victim’s Toyota.

Barnes pleaded no contest in December and received four years prison. Raiola pleaded guilty on Thursday and received three years prison, with a recommendation for DOC boot camp.

Reporter Kyle Martin can be reached at 352-544-5271 or [email protected].